Monster Wave Hits Cruise Ship

Monster Waves Hit Louis Majesty Cruise Ship.

Monster wave hits cruise ship. An oil tanker heads into a monster wave. In 1966 the Italian cruise ship Michelangelo was traveling to New York when it was hit by a wave estimated to be 24 meters 80 feet high. More recently in 2005 the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn had its ninth and 10th floor windows smashed by a wave that rose to near 21 meters 70 feet high.

It is now believed that a rogue wave hit the ship causing it to capsize and sink. CNNs Tom Foreman takes a closer look at the type of monster waves that slammed into a British cruise ship. CNNs Tom Foreman takes a closer look at the type of monster.

CBS News reports on a large wave which hit the Louis Majesty Cruise Ship killing two passengers and injurying fourteen others. Three 30 foot waves crashed into the Louis Majesty cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday. Suddenly a huge wave loomed off the bow huge even for a ship the size of the QE2 at nearly 1000 feet long.

Oh man it is big. A passenger aboard the UK-based cruise ship MS Marco Polo was killed after the ship was hit by a freak wave the cruise line said Friday. No survivors were ever found.

Cruise with confidence - Risk-free bookings industry leading health safety policies. Cruise Hive is sad to report that an 85-year-old male passenger has been killed from a large freak wave that hit the Marco Pol cruise ship while it. Even the bridge is not safe.

The report includes a recrea. Warwick had given the order confining passengers to quarters. The Greece-based Louis Cruise Lines ship was north-east of Barcelona Spain heading east to Genoa Italy when three abnormal waves struck the vessel.